Half-Blood by Jennifer L Armentrout

The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi–pure bloods–have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals–well, not so much.Half-bloods only have two options: become trained sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures.Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden.Unfortunately, she’s crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn’t her biggest problem–staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden.And that would kind of suck.

Alex has been on the run with her mother for three years now. They've been in hiding from their kind as well as from daimons. That is until a daimon finds them and kills her mother. As she tries to find her way home, Sentinels who are highly trained fighters, find her along the way.

Now that she's back at the Covenant, a school for Hematoi and half-bloods, her guardian and the school must decide what to do with her. She's behind and can be sent home to be a servant for Pures. Or, as a Senitnel recommends, she can train for the summer and try to catch up to her class. I think the choice is obvious here. But there's a few secrets that people are keeping from her.

Yes, I will say this book sounds similar to The Vampire Academy, but who cares? It's got the kick-ass fighting, the romance, the supenatural, and the mystery. However, I was really confused with how the supernatural worked: pures and halfs? There weren't a whole lot of powers going on. And I had to keep reminding myself that the daimons weren't vampires. But I still got into the story.

I'm glad I finally started this series. It's an easy read, and I plan on continuing on.